The Place to Be

For a couple of weeks now I have been an ex-ThoughtWorker rather than a ThoughtWorker. It turns out there are a few of us, and Adwale Oshineye has thoughtfully created an alumni aggregator at blogs.thoughtworks.com/alumni. Being a consultant can require a big travel commitment, so for a lot of people consulting has a limited lifespan.

Now that I am no longer aggregated on the main page of blogs.thoughtworks, I feel I can make the occasional wry comment. Also, TW Australia is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, upon which I am about to play a prank.

I am been doing a lot of driving lately down to my 40 ha (100 acre) farm. I notice a lot of Victorians on the roads here in Queensland, a good 1700km from home. As I drive I cannot help notice the wording on the number plate. Some say “On the move” and some say “The place to be”. In fact the plate has changed from “On the move” to the “place to be”. Let me repeat that: on the move to the place to be! How unfortunate when you see those number plates outside of Victoria.

By Greg Luck

As Terracotta’s CTO, Greg (@gregrluck) is entrusted with understanding market and technology forces and the business drivers that impact Terracotta’s product innovation and customer success. He helps shape company and technology strategy and designs many of the features in Terracotta’s products. Greg came to Terracotta on the acquisition of the popular caching project Ehcache which he founded in 2003. Prior to joining Terracotta, Greg served as Chief Architect at Australian online travel giant Wotif.com. He also served as a lead consultant for ThoughtWorks on accounts in the United States and Australia, was CIO at Virgin Blue, Tempo Services, Stamford Hotels and Resorts and Australian Resorts and spent seven years as a Chartered Accountant in KPMG’s small business and insolvency divisions. He is a regular speaker at conferences and contributor of articles to the technical press.